(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTIn the debut feature, STAY AWAKE, by writer-director Jamie Sisley, brothers Ethan (Wyatt Oleff) and Derek (Fin Argus) try their best to navigate the pressures of teenage life while tending to their mother’s (Chrissy Metz) debilitating prescription drug addiction. Based on the filmmaker’s adolescence in small-town America, Stay Continue Reading
Book review: The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) There are those books that you read that are beautifully written, lovely and sweet, full of great characters and a pleasingly wrought plot that leave nary a mark upon you emotionally; and then there are novels like The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer which Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The Day After Tomorrow
(courtesy IMP Awards) It turns out that the old adage that you get different things out of a film depending on in which stage of life you watch it is actually quite true. It makes sense since time does tend to change perspective and thoughtful consideration and even emotional response Continue Reading
Dance the (choreographed) night away! Barbie drops a weirdly wonderful new trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBarbie is an upcoming romantic comedy film based on the eponymous fashion doll line by Mattel and directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. It serves as the franchise’s first live-action film adaptation after a number of computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming TV films Continue Reading
Sitcom round-up! The Big Door Prize, (S1, E8-10) Ted Lasso (S3, E7-10), Not Dead Yet (S1, E11-13) + Schimgadoon! (Schmicago – S2, E6)
THE BIG DOOR PRIZE (S1, E8-10) We all want our lives to mean something. Go on, admit it, of course you do; no one wants to just bumble through life and do the barely noticed minimum but everything from life circumstances over which we have no control to a necessary Continue Reading
Comic strip review: MUTT’s Walking Home by Patrick McDonnell
(courtesy Andrews McMeel Books) One of the reasons you read a well-written and beautifully drawn comic strip is to spend time with characters you love. Sure, it helps if they look appealing and they’re funny and the world they inhabit is one you wouldn’t mind being a part of too, Continue Reading
Something’s in the air: Strange New Worlds drops a dazzlingly adventurous S2 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #87: Kylie Minogue, Netta, Hemlocke Springs, Dreamer Isioma + Grimes … and more Eurovision 2023 aftermath
(Photo by FPVmat A on Unsplash) You want music that sounds like it will playing in your head for days, weeks, months, and quite possibly, years? How about if it’s produced by artists with a distinctive look, sound and sense of musically artistically self? Also good right? What about if Continue Reading
Get ready for more paw-esome adventures: The Snoopy Show drops season 3 trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTThe world’s most famous beagle is back again for his close-up! Dig into new adventures with Snoopy, along with his best pal, Woodstock, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Produced for Apple TV+ by Peanuts and WildBrain, the series is directed by Rob Boutilier (Snoopy Continue Reading
Book review: The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eloon Peter
(courtesy Goodreads) If you’re not a natural fit for the societal mainstream, it can hard coming to grips with precisely who you are, especially in those pivotal teenage years when defining yourself is pretty much the first order of business. The reason why it’s so hard is that while those Continue Reading